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| *Kathleen* |
 Jul 28 2006, 12:39 PM
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I just kind of got into watching this genre, starting with Suddenly and Quicksand. Anyone a fan of it that can point me to their favorite films?
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 28 2006, 09:07 PM
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Oh come on people.
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Jul 28 2006, 09:09 PM
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 Krista.  Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
i've never heard of this genre. have you tried googling it or something?
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Jul 28 2006, 09:32 PM
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*Influential Guitarist & Inspiring Writer* Group: Official Member Posts: 1,217 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,134 |
never heard of it either.....srry kathleen
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 28 2006, 09:36 PM
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I don't want to Google, and I wasn't really asking anything.
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Jul 28 2006, 09:37 PM
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Krista. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
yeah you did....
Anyone a fan of it that can point me to their favorite films? |
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 28 2006, 09:38 PM
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I meant for this to be more of a discussion.. not finding me a film, although that'd be nice.
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Jul 28 2006, 09:39 PM
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*Influential Guitarist & Inspiring Writer* Group: Official Member Posts: 1,217 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,134 |
well to clear me up what kind of film is a film NOIR>??? do you know of any movies that might be good"?
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Jul 28 2006, 09:41 PM
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Krista. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
yes, what exactly is the genre film noir about? what are its defining characteristics?
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 28 2006, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE genre of film between 1940 and 1960, originating in the United States, employing heavy shadows and patterns of darkness, in which the protagonist dies, meets defeat, or achieves meaningless victory in the end.
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| *baby_in_blue* |
Jul 28 2006, 09:42 PM
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i dont get ittt. srry kathleen.
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Jul 28 2006, 09:50 PM
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*Influential Guitarist & Inspiring Writer* Group: Official Member Posts: 1,217 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,134 |
wow my mind is like huh.....but your description sounds familiar hmmmm god there is this one foreign NOIR german movie that was pretty good and casted in the late 50's ... if only i could remember the name
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Jul 29 2006, 01:38 PM
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 LunchboxXx Group: Member Posts: 1,789 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,810 |
like sin city? YEA.
theres an entire section of it at incredibly strange. we should hop in there some day and check it out. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Jul 29 2006, 01:57 PM
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EXACTLY LIKE SIN CITY. Whoa. I didn't realize it was until you pointed it out.
 An entire section?  Incredibly Strange seems to have everything!
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Jul 29 2006, 04:09 PM
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Noir (french for "black") is a blind genre. It's simply a backlash to the John Wayne protagonist of pre-war hollywood. Or, at least, that's the way I've always seen it. Everyone loves an anti-hero, and how much easier are they to identify with? The visual style has that doom and gloom mystery spin that makes it so much easier on the eyes. I always liked the Black and White photography anyways. The femme-fatal gets irratating after the third one you see. In a sense, noir was just as meaningless, if not more, than the Johnny-Football hollywood shine of a few years earlier (and decades since). The protagonists took an all new kind of "badass" persona. But, this felt more realistic, and hell... it was always cooler. Not my favorite, nor my most knowledgable side of film, but a note-worthy area of hollywood which inspired, and influenced generations of cinema all over the world, that I tend to like. So, kudos.
Uhmmm. My favorite stuff? The Maltese Falcon, The Lady From Shaghai, The Killing, Night of the Hunter, and Sunset Boulevard. |
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Jul 30 2006, 12:57 AM
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 what do you think it says....if so obvious. Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420 |
yea there was this Film Noir that I watched ...i totally forgot about the movie because we had watched like a bunch of Noirrs but ....umm all i could remember is Double Indemnity ....femme fatale ...RAWR . and i think lady in the lake the new one thats coming out is also a film noir .
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